Automatic display advertising device.



W. N. BEYERLE.

AUTOMATIC DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED PBB.26, 1912.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1912.

Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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[n v edi or William M Eager/e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. BEYERLE, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMATIC DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l/Vnmmu N. Bnvnnnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pasadena, California, haveinvented a new and useful Automatic Display Advertising Device, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of advertising devices which areadapted to be placed upon the roofs of buildings and the like, andconsists broadly of a suitable frame work, a series of advertisingpanels mounted in the frame work a connecting bar hingedly connectingthe panels together, and means in the form of a train of gears and lostmotion connection for imparting an intermittent oscillating motion tosaid panels, and means for holding said panels in position duringintervals of operation of the lost mot-ion connection.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved advertising devicefor the simultaneous operation of a plurality of panels at intervals,and consists of the novel features and combinations hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my automatic display advertising devicelooking in the direction indicated by the arrow 1 in Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is afragmental vertical sectional detail of brake means for holding thepanels in position. Fig. 3 is an end elevation looking in the directionof the arrow 3 in Figs. 1 and 4, full lines indicating the position ofparts when the panels are in vertical or sight position, and dottedlines that when the panels are oscillated to obscure position. Fig. 4 isa fragmental central vertical section taken upon the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is an end view of one of the panels showing the hinged connectionto the connecting bar.

Referring to the drawings in detail, my invention consists of thevertical supporting frame 1, which is preferably constructed of angleiron and comprises the corner supports 2, 3, 4 and 5, the top sldebraces 6 and 7 the bottom side braces 8 and 9 the top end braces 10 and11 and the bottom end braces 12 and 13, thereby forming a rectangularframe. A plurality of display panels 14, 1 5, 16, 17 and 18 arerotatably journaled in horizontal cross braces 19, 20, 21, and 22secured to the corner supports 2, 3, 4 and 5 Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 26, 1912.

Serial No. 679,801.

of the frame 1,the pintles of said panels being equidistant andjournaled in a vertical plane in the frame 1. The main or Operatingpanel 16 is provided with an operating shaft 19 journaled in the crossbrace 20 and extending outwardly through the frame 1 and provided with apinion 21, said pinion being keyed upon the shaft 19.

Intermittent operating means in the form of a segment 22 is journaled inthe frame, upon the shaft 23 and meshes with the pinion 21, said segment22 being operatively connected to a gear 24 loosely mounted upon a shaft25 by a lost motion link connect-ion 26, said link being pivotally heldby the pin 27 upon the gear 24, said gear 24 in turn meshes with apinion 28 mounted upon the outer end of, and rigid with a shaft 29journaled in the frame 1, said shaft also being provided with a gear 30,which is keyed to said shaft and in turn meshes with a pinion 31 mountedupon a shaft 32, said shaft being provided with a second pinion 33 of alittle larger diameter than the pinion 31, said pinion 33 in turnmeshing with a pinion 34 rigidly mounted upon a shaft 35, said shaftbeing provided upon its outer end with a belt pulley which may beconnected by a belt 37 to an electric motor or other motive power (notshown). The gear 24, pinion 28, gear 30, pinions 31, 33 and 34 forming atrain of gears.

The link connection 26 is provided at one end thereof with an elongatedeye 38 which engages a pin 39 upon the segment 22, said eye being ofsuch a length that it requires 50 seconds for the pin 29 to take up thelost motion.

The main or operating panel 16 is hingedly secured to a connecting bar40 by a hinge 4-1 and the panels 14, 15, 17 and 18 are in turn hinged tosaid connecting bar 40 by hinges 42 so that when the panel 16 isoscillated the panels 14, 15, 17, and 18 will act in unison.

A brake Wheel 43 is mounted on the shaft 19 and adapted to be engaged bya spring actuated shoe 44 held in position by a vertical guide rod 45,said guide rod being slidably mounted in brackets 46 and 47, a nut 48upon the rod 45 forms a seat for a compression spring 49 which tends topress the shoe 44 down upon the brake wheel 43 thereby holding thepanels in position during the period of sight posit-ion and vice versa.

When motion is imparted to the train of Patented Feb. 25,1913.

gears, the gear 2a is operated in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3thereby carrying the link downwardly in an arc until the upper end ofthe elongated eye in the link comes in contact with the pin 39, therebyoperating the segment to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3and oscillating the panels to a horizontal position; and upon the returnmovement of the link the seg ment will remain in this position until thepin 39 travels the length of the elongated eye before it takes up thelost motion and starts the segment upon the return movement, the lengthof said eye being such that it requires 50 seconds for the lost motionto take place, thereby allowing the panels to be exposed to view 50seconds and vice versa.

It is obvious that many changes may be made in the details ofconstruction Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

In an automatic display advertising device, the combination of a frame,a plurality of panels rotatably mounted in the frame, a connecting barhingedly connecting said panels, an operating shaft attached to one ofsaid panels, a gear upon said shaft, a segment journaled in the frameand meshing with said gear, a train of gears, a lost motion linkconnection bet-ween saidzgears and said segment, brake means mountedupon said frame to hold said panels in position and means for rotatingsaid gears to impart an intermittent oscillating motion to said panels.

XVILLIAM N. BEYERLE.

, Witnesses:

FRANK L. RAYNESFORD, FRANK P. BEYERLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

